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c good morning. it is wednesday, march 7, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. it is a split decision on super tuesday. after some heart stopping moments in ohio, mitt romney eeks out a tight victory. but, can he convince the gop that he is their man? we'll talk with republican leader eric cantor and top gop strategist mike murphy. i'm gayle king. more sponsors drop rush limbaugh. so what is next for the controversial commentator? when i see you at 8:00, the fbi is asking for help in finding one of its own. john miller has the bizarre case of that missing agent. i'm erica hill. one of the nfl's biggest stars
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getting a pink slip. where peyton manning may be heading next and apple fans hoping the rumors are true this morning. could the new ipad be revealed today. but first as we do every morning shall we begin with a look at today's eye-opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> we are counting up the delegates for the convention and it looks good and we're counting down the days to november and that looks better. >> mitt romney tags his lead winning six super tuesday states, including a close contest in ohio. >> we're going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole passel full of silver medals. >> newt gingrich got the win he needed in his home state of georgia. >> gingrich lives to fight another day. >> we survived every effort of the establishment to stop us. >> the santorum people tonight have been saying that gingrich held back. >> boo hoo, of course they want one another to drop out. >> it's a sad day. he's meant so much to the city.
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>> heartbreak in indianapolis. peyton manning and the colts set to go separate ways. >> one of the game's greatest ever will be eligible immediately to sign with a new team. >> we're going to talk tomorrow. we'll do it the right way tomorrow. >> breaking news this morning. six british soldiers are missing, presumed dead in afghanistan. >> we got one person in the car unconscious. >> police officers working together were able to unwedge the driver and pull him out. >> in east hon lieu coming down quite hard. >> the mother accused of being a million dollar madam. >> no place in the public discourse. all that. >> apple is expected to unveil the latest version of the ipad today in san francisco. >> it looks pretty much like the other one. except it's a toaster. >> the dow jones industrial average, the triple digit
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decline. >> hannibal electric tore. on "cbs this morning." >> don't worry. everything is going to be all >> don't worry. everything is going to be all right. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." super tuesday has something for everyone in the republican presidential race. mitt romney won six of the ten primaries and kaub uses, including the important state of ohio. >> romney did not, however, knock out his main challenger. santorum one three states including tennessee and says he will keep going. as will newt gingrich. after winning his native state of georgia on tuesday. he won more delegates than santorum. romney, though, won more than all the other candidates combined. the bottom line here, you can expect more of the same from the republican campaign in the weeks to come. we begin our coverage this morning with national correspondent chip reid who is in atlanta.
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chip, good morning. >> good morning, erica and charlie. at first glance, it doesn't look that bad for mitt romney. after all, he won six of the ten super tuesday states. but look more closely and you'll see he barely won in the all important state of ohio and did not breakthrough in the south. which means this long slog goes on. >> i'm not going to let you down. i'm going to get this nomination. >> that's something mitt romney is struggling to do. even with the financial and organizational advantage, he failed to emerge as the republicans clear nominee. that didn't stop him from looking ahead to november and a battle with president obama. >> we've seen enough of that president over the last three years to know we don't need another five of that president. that's for sure. >> in ohio, romney and his super pac outspent the other candidates four to one. it got him only a narrow win in the critical swing state. romney continues to it struggle with blue collar and conservative voters. the race is shaping up to be a two-man battle between romney
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and rick santorum. >> this was a big night tonight. we're going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole passel full of silver medals. >> for the most part, the candidates won where they were supposed to. romney in the northeast. he also picked up virginia, ohio, idaho and alaska. santorum in the midwest and south and newt gingrich in georgia. a state he declared he had to win. >> if i can't carry my home state where people know me, i would have no credibility. >> now the race goes to kansas, alabama and his miss as republicans remain divided with no end in sight. >> we keep coming back. we are in in thing. >> twooer going to take your vote, a huge vote tonight in massachusetts and take that victory all the way to the white house. >> and more bad news for romney. the next three states, kansas, alabama and mississippi are loaded with social conservatives and evangelicals and he has been struggling to win them over. erica and charlie? >> chip, thanks very much.
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house majority leader eric cantor from virginia is with us from capitol hill. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> it is said that mitt romney who oven dorsed is winning the delegates but not the argument. what does he have to do now to win the argument, especially with conservative republican voters? >> charlie, mitt romney did what he had to do last night. he racked up more delegates than any of the other candidates. he won six out of the ten states that were up last night. he won my state of virginia in a very handy way when he was up against ron paul. so mitt romney, and the reason why the voters are going to elect him is because he's the only candidate in the race who has a plan to turn this economy around. if you look at all the information coming out of the election, the primary elections last night, it is that issue, the economy and how we're going to get our economy and the deficit straight in washington and get jobs going again is what matters to people.
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and mitt romney is the leader who has the record of creating jobs and the one that can do that. >> with respect, why doesn't that argument seem to resonate with conservative voters who are continuing to give their support on the one hand to newt gingrich but more importantly to rick santorum. >> i think that what you're seeing is a party that is a robust party with many ideas. these kinds of contests within the party will help strengthen us as we move towards november and to give the american people a clear choice. the real question is, the voters want to see a leader that will provide them with a vision for better future. are the jobs going to be there. will the future be better for parents looking to send their kids to college. are there parents looking to take care of those kids as well as their parents? are they going to have the resources and the wherewithal to
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address their needs? mitt romney is a candidate ho is resonating with concerns like that. you see it in the polls like that. he has outperformed all the other candidates. you're seeing an increasing flow towards mitt romney because he's the only man who has got that economic record, who has got the plan to create jobs and he will be our nominee. >> do you believe that this campaign so far as barbara bush suggested, has hurt the republican party's chances in the general election? and does the governor, if he is a nominee, have a lot of work to do in terms of reaching out to independents on the one hand and young people on the other? >> you know, i think, again, if you look what was going on four years ago in the democratic side of the aisle, you had this same issue going on between barack obama and hillary clinton. and there was a debate that went forward. the parties are supposed to engage in a debate of ideas. but once the nomination occurs and mitt romney is the only one with a clear path towards that
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nomination, we will have a clear choice in this country and american people are going to elect an individual like mitt romney who stands starkly against the kind of policies that this president has put in place that frankly, have not helped this economy come back the way the american people would like to see it. >> you are saying that you don't think rick santorum nor newt gingrich can win this nomination. there is no pathway, it's impossible for them to put together enough delegates to win. >> they have not demonstrated the ability to do what needs to be done. and mitt romney has clearly demonstrated that he's got the organization and that he has the actual record to show that he understands how to solve problems, he understands the problems facing this country and knows how to get people back to work again. he's the only individual in the race, including the president who has a record of creating jobs. he's the only individual who has demonstrated leadership ability to turn things around. that's why mitt romney is going
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to win this race. >> i want to ask you something quickly about what the president said yesterday. there's been so much talk about iran. he's pushing back about what some should say should be the path. >> what's said on the campaign trail, you know, those folks don't have a lot of responsibilities. they're not commander in chief. and when i see the casualness with which some of these folks talk about war, i'm reminded of the costs involved in war. >> sir, what is your red line in this case, for any sort of military action against iran? >> the issue with iran is, frankly, we understand that iran's quest for nuclear capability is a threat to u.s. interest in the middle east and central asia region. it is, frankly, an existential threat to our ally israel. the problem that we're seeing is there's not a lot of certainty
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coming out of the president or the administration on this issue. i recently returned from a visit to the persian gulf and visited with those countries there and the arab governments as well are questioning the resolve of the white house and the administration to do what needs to be done. it's not just the nuclear quest that iran is on, it's the destabilizing acts throughout the region that america has just not been there the way it has before. that's the question of leadership that this president is facing because there's a lot of questions being cast on his leadership in that region. >> is there a specific moment, though, where something that you're looking at that is in fact some sort of a red line for you, you would then go to the president or others and push for what you see needs to be done if it is military action? >> there's a question of nuclear capability versus nuclear bomb. and i think many folks think that if you allow iran to have the capability, it's then too late. i would agree with those people.
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and that's the question, it's a difficult issue that we have to wrestle with in terms of intelligence gathering and the president indicates that there's some casual talk of war. i don't think anybody down plays the gravity of sending our men and women into harm's way. none of us. we want to make sure we're doing what we need to do to provide our men and women in uniform with the necessary tools and to guarantee the u.s. security. thank god for those men and women in uniform and we ought to be out there leading with a very certain message, which is lacking from the white house. >> congressman cantore, i want you to stay with us. i have questions with the jobs bill joining us now is republican campaign strategist mike murphy. welcome. >> good to be here. >> you know each other well. >> he's a good friend. >> let me ask about the job bill and come back to the campaign strategy. it seems to be some collaboration, some cooperation between you and steny hoyer, in the house and perhaps there will
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be a jobs bill that passes the house and goes to the senate, yes? >> yes. there will be a vote on the jobs act? it's called jump-start. it goes directly to the issue that the country has been grappling with, the inability for small businessmen and women to start a business, to retain and create jobs. this is a bill which reduces the red tape that is blocking business formation in this country. it goes ahead and says, we're going to be open for business in america. yesterday the white house issued a statement in support of this bill. harry reid in the senate says he wants to get moving on a bill like this. and i'm looking for strong bipartisan vote tomorrow. i think what this indicates is there is a window of opportunity for us to work together in this country and it's on jobs and the economy. >> there may well be bipartisanship on the economy. mike murphy, welcome to this program. tell me where you think this race is now, having listened to what eric cantor said and talked
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to a lot of political sources around the country. >> watching the drama last night, it was definitely entertaining. i would say this race operates on two levels. there's the delegate reality, which is very, very important and i think romney had a strong night. he started ahead, he finished more ahead. the challenge for mitt is there's the narrative side of this. the who is winning, ho is losing story. he had a bumpy night. won some states easily. won some surprisingly. >> he might have been able to win tennessee at some point. >> the two headlines are he has to prove himself in the south where he's had problem and ohio, like michigan was uncomfortably close. they may change his name to wa linda because every night is a tightrope. the romney campaign, i see the messaging, i would caution him to be careful about choices and illusion. he still has to earn this nomination. he has all the advantages. anybody would trade places with him.
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it was a bumpier night than he wanted. >> does rick santorum have a pathway to the nomination. others say there's no way. >> i wouldn't use the word impossible. but it's difficult. newt gingrich won his home state. he's not showing other a people. he's a catalyst to help romney. we'll see where that evolves. second, if romney loses everything, you can make a mathematical argument that nobody can -- romney has a lot of advantages. >> what should romney's narrative be? what should he be saying to the country about who he is and what he wants to do in. >> well, he's a friends of mine. i've worked for him when he ran for governor. the one thing i'd like to see is a message a little less about salesmanship and more about leadership. a little harder edge. the business guy who gets results out front, i think, would help him do a little better. >> eric cantor, what would you say to what mike murphy just said? >> i agree entirely. it's about leadership and getting results. it's the same challenge we have in washington.
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how do we get the country to where we want to go, get the economy going and get people pack to work. >> what does he have to do to appeal that he's a champion. >> mitt is a good conservative. but he's not going to outmovement rick santorum. i think he telegraphs between results and things that matter, jobs, making the government work, stop the crazy debt versus talk and 'em path i. that's a good len jex for him. he has to win a results contest. it's time for harder romney edge. i'm like a coach. sometimes i have to cut you the players but get you the championship. we see a little bit more of that in the campaign, we'll do better. >> great to see you at this table. eric cantor, thank you for joining us. >> thank you six british soldiers are missing in afghanistan this morning and are presumed dead. they were on patrol last night had their vehicle was blown up. this would be the largest loss
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of life for british troops in afghanistan since 2006. texas financier allen stanford faces life in prison for running a major ponzi scheme. he was convicted yesterday of swindling investors out of more than $7 billion over two decades. stanford used the money to fund a lifestyle including yachts and private jets. one of pro football's biggest names is about to become the biggest free agent in years. whit johnson reports, quarterback peyton manning is being cut loose by the only nfl team he's ever played for. >> peyton manning and colts owner arrived together in indianapolis last night as word spread the two would soon be parting ways. >> are you both happy, though? >> we're good. we're good. we're going to talk to tomorrow. we're going to do it the right way tomorrow. >> cbs news has learned the team will announce it's releasing its star quarterback at a press conference today.
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for 14 years, manning has donned the blue and white colts uniform. a four-time mvp. he became the face of the franchise, leading the team to 11 playoffs, two afc championships and a 2006 super bowl title. but that all changed last season following multiple neck injuries and surgeries. manning was forced to sit out for the first time in his nfl career. it ended his streak of 227 consecutive starts. the second all-time for quarterbacks. with a $28 million bonus owed to him this week, the colts apparently felt it was too big of a risk to take. >> it's a sad day. i think to see peyton leave. he's ment so much to the city and so much to the colts. but it's just business. >> now colts fans are pondering life without number 18. >> we're going to miss him. we're really going to miss peyton. >> a number of teams are expected to line up for manning who has been cleared to play. you-tube video that surfaced last week purportedly showed him
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practicing at duke university. >> i think he'll come back with a vengeance and we'll be hurt. >> the colts expected to use their number one draft pick on andrew luck, considered the best quarterback in the draft. but it's clear whoever takes over the house that manning built will have big shoes to fill. for "cbs this morning," whit johnson. i would love to see him in new york where his brother is. >> that would be a little rivalry. giants and jets. >> where -- >> i hope my husband is not too upset. he's a colts fan. he's still preparing for this. >> indiana colts fan? >> yes, big time. time to show you some of the headlines. an 81-year-old rhode island woman claimed a $336 million powerball jackpot. the boston globe reports that louise white bought the ticket last month while shopping for rainbow sherbert. after she won she put the ticket in her bible and slept with it. >> haven't heard about rainbow
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right next to a huge fire. police officers being called heroes this morning. they risked their lives to pull a man from a burning car. you can see what they had to do back there. this video was from september but it was just released. the driver of the car had crashed into a utility pole. the officers climbed into that burning car on the passenger side to drag the driver to safety. probably an understatement at that point, heroes. derogatory names during his talk show. more advertisers are dropping out and president obama is weighing in. mark strassmann looks at the uproar that threatens the future of a radio giant.
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>> double standard is alive and well. >> rush limbaugh has apologized but he's not backing down. not when criticism comes from his favorite target, president obama. >> the remarks that were made don't have anyplace in the public discourse. >> the radio talk show kingpin made the remarks last year about a georgetown law school student and advocate for contraception nrps. >> mick makes you're a slut right? >> as the father of two young girls, he condemned the language. >> i want them to be able to speak their mind in a civil and thoughtful way. and i don't want them attacked or called horrible names because they're being good citizens. limbaugh reacted angrily. >> all of this is pure trumped up for politics purposes. pure and simplement everybody
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knows what i do here. everybody knows how i do it. >> a week later, both limbaugh's comments and apology are the subject of public debate. from sympathetic politicians. >> i think the definition of hypocrisy is for rush limbaugh to have been called out, forced to apologize and retract what it is he said in exercising his first amendment rights. >> good point, rush. >> to unfor giving late night comic. >> it's rush limbaugh. is it particularly vile, of course. that's like saying this is a particularly pungent bucket of -- >> twice on saturday, limbaugh apologized to fluke. but the backlash buff et cetera the bottom line of his talk radio empire. more than 15 million weekly listeners on nearly 600 stations. nearly 30 corporate sponsors have pulled advertising from his show. at least two radio stations dropped his program altogether. >> they've decided they don't
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want you or your business anymore. so be it. >> social media has driven the backlash like this facebook campaign urging -- >> tea party -- >> limbaugh faced backlash and boycott before, but not like this. the question is whether his show can survive the firestorm. >> by using this insulting language against a young woman who nobody heard of, in a lot of people's eyes he crossed the line. that's why you see this huge backlash, including the advertisers desserting his program. >> on my radio show yesterday i used vile and inappropriate language. >> last year ed schultz used language identical to limbaugh's referring to a female commentator. >> like this right wing slut. laurie ingram. >> no other audience has the power of limbaugh. >> limbaugh is such a big money mayber for so many radio stations, i don't think he'll be brought down.
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>> his audience of ditto heads continues to tune in. he should survive this controversy. i'm mike strassmann in atlanta. >> business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis joins us now. welcome. >> good morning. >> where are we in this story, in this drama about advertisers and the rush limbaugh future? >> well, it would appear we're somewhere in the middle of the story. you have 29 advertisers who have pulled out at this point. almost 30 of them, including aol, j.c. penney, sit rix, goodwill. they've dropped out at this point. the question is how long do they stay out and have they truly diverted all of their advertising dollars or done what most advertisers do in situations like this, which is simply divert the ads to other programs on the same network? >> can they, in terms of diverting the dollars, and like you said, how long they sit it out. that's got to be a tough decision for a company to make given the backlash in the country right now as to if and when they go back.
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>> right. it becomes a question in part social media. a lot of the companies, it's interesting the way they communicated the information about the fact that they are dropping out of the program. many of them communicated it via twitter as well as facebook. that's a sign of the times. because so much of the backlash and the fallout from this has occurred in social media. people speaking with petitions online, speaking with facebook and twitter a account online. the question becomes for advertisers going forward, do they speak with their dollars in the store? do they make spending habits different as a part of this and would a company that continues to advertise with with rush limbaugh on his program, would that company be penalized for continuing to not simply by words on the internet but seriously with dollars this stores. >> i would assume there would be no impact in terms of the relationship between rush and his audience. >> well, there are members of his audience, in fact some have come out and said that this has diminished on some levels his
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power. for instance, michael medved who filled in for rush in the past has said that on some level, this has shown his power to be diminished as a result of the fact that you have seen members of the gop come out and speak against him. carly fiorina has spoken out against the comments in particular. there are members of his audience who may see it that way. >> but sarah palin has a different view. >> absolutely. there are questions about how big the audience is. talking millions of people, 600 different stations. that has a huge power that advertisers want to be a part of ultimately. >> it appears at this point too, the clear channel is standing by him. >> it appears that it is standing by him. that's what they've said. they said that he continues to be a part of their programming. they want their programming to reflect a diverse set of viewpoints. >> rebecca, thank you very much. it is a big day for apple and it's customers.
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critical news from candy bar lovers. they're making them smaller. the mars company will stop selling chocolate products with more than 250 calories in them by the end of next year. >> according to the mars company, the change is to promote "responsible snacking." oh, great. now i need to snack responsibly. can i get that nestle crunch with brown rice [ laughter ] could i have the ike with the mikes on the side. and i'll just had an m. i'm driving. i don't want a smaller bar. i want a bar so big that while i'm eating one end, the other
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end is still rolling off the factory line. [ laughter ] >> colbert. apple is now a $500 billion company. the largest in the world. you can bet today's expected launch of the ipad will only add to it bottom line. >> if you believe the rumors that ipad could be on sale as soon as next weekend. john blackstone is at the yerba buena center in san francisco. john, good morning. >> good morning, erica. this is the same hall in san francisco where steve jobs introduced many of apple's blockbuster product. of course, this is the first product launch since jobs' death. apple remains as secretive as ever. i can say this confidently. within a few hours, my ipad 2 purchased just over -- less than a year ago, in fact, will soon be outdated. rumors about what apple will unveil this morning in the newest ipad have been flying for weeks. >> we're definitely going to get an hd beautiful display. i wouldn't be surprised if we
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saw a couple different sizes. >> there's no doubt even if the changes are small, enthusiasts will be lining up to buy it. that wasn't certain just over two years ago when steve jobs, who died in october, into drused the new tablet computer. >> it was destined to be a device for reading books, playing games, looking at photos and video. it's so much more intimate than a laptop and it's so much more capable than a smartphone. >> but now the ipad is out of the easy chair and going to work. u-sushi in san francisco is one of a growing number of restaurants where ipads do the jobs computers and cash registers used to do. >> it's just the most simplistic system. it's really user friendly. just touch a button. that's it. >> at the touch of an ipad
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button, melissa buckner has access to thousands of photographs for sale at the san francisco art exchange. there's not enough room on the gallery walls to show buyers everything available. >> you can be beside the client while you're doing this as opposed to let me go and check that on the computer. >> certainly. >> absolutely. it makes it happen right here and right now. it's a very immediate response. >> that the tablet is emerging as a replacement for desktop and laptop computers is replekted in the sales figures. last year apple sold more than 40 million ipads word nearly $25 billion. outselling the $23 billion worth of mac computers the company sold. the machines that were once the mainstay of the company. now, ipad sales brought in about 20% of apple's revenue last year. now, other companies have introduced tablet computers, but none comes close to dislodging the apple -- dislodging the ipad from its dominance.
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in a few hours, we'll see whether the next version of this increases the distance between itself and its competitors. >> john, two quick questions. is tim cook going to make the presentation? >> as far as we know, tim cook will make the presentation. but even in the last years that steve jobs was making presentations, other apple executives began to take part. we expect to see some of the other executives take part as well. >> there is also this. when you think about the iphone or the ipad, you think about applications, which is a huge business. where does that stand and what will this new ipad mean for the application business? >> well, i'm sure you heard just yesterday the 25th -- 25 billion apps have now been sold for ipads and iphones. an incredible number. the thing about those small programs, that a lot of people say it's the apps that really make this a useful tool. these small programs that do one thing and do it very well rather
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than the big bloated programs that do so many things, have such a learning curve on them that we use on the laptops and our desktop computers that this has small apps that do one thing and do it very well. that's part of the secret to the success of the ipad. >> do i understand from this that you want one? >> you know, i do want one. i will have to replace this. i'm not one of those who stand in line for it. >> thank you, john. although it john is lucky, maybe he'll get to test one
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prince harry is turning on the charm in the caribbean and it looks as though he's enjoying himself. his latest stop -- >> he can dance. >> yes, he can. the latest stop is jamaica. more of prince harry's moves when we return. >> oh, and blue shoes. lose those lines, for up to a year! juvéderm® xc, is the gel filler your doctor uses to instantly smooth out lines right here. temporary side effects include redness, pain, firmness, swelling, bumps, or risk of infection. ask your doctor about juvéderm® xc. all righty. oh, oh. you are a little biscuit. i'm carol. uh, we should skedaddle 'cause it's girls' night. so...okay. oh, wow. you got a skinny-dipping scene after the duel, right? well, i -- shh, shh, shh.
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we've been fishing for information this morning about ben and jerry's ice cream. they're real people who learned how to make ice cream by sharing a $5 correspondent's course. five bucks. thanks for our friends at mental floss for that. gayle has a look at what's coming up in the next hour. >> thank you, charlie. the fbi is on the hunt for a former agent missing in iran. now the bureau is offering a million dollars for information that leads to his recovery. john miller is what we call a former fbi insider. i'm thinking john miller, you're the person to talk to about this. a million dollars seems like a lot of money. is in unusual for the fbi? >> it is unusual. that's the unusual part. they offer money in kidnapping cases. but a million dollars is a pretty large sum for a
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five-year-old case. obviously, they're committed to it. it's one of their own. >> obviously, we're committed to talking to you again at 8:00. let me stand up with bad knees. born into a political dynasty, lauren bush will be here to talk about politics and what she's passionate about. "cbs this morning" continues after the break.
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each one took time out from the day today to address the american israeli political action committee. they love israeli. not like the other guy. >> president obama has the worst relationship with the state of israel that any president has had. >> he's afraid to stand up to iran. >> israel looks at president obama and do not see a friend. >> people like myself feel he threw is real under the bus. >> i will gladly retrieve israel and posthumously baptize it. thus saving israel's eternal soul. >> i always wonder what happens to people who only get their news listening to the little clips when you watch something. but that's not true.
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that's not true. that's why it's nice that jon stewart sums it up. it's 8:00, welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose with erica hill. we begin with a mysterious story of robert levinson. the former fbi agent was apparently kidnapped on an island near the coast of iran five years ago. >> that was five years ago of course, today. john miller worked on this case as a deputy fbi director. he says the bureau is take a rare step offering a million dollar reward for new information. >> today we stand together to reaffirm our commitment to bob levinson. we in the fbi will continue to do all that we can to ensure bob's safe return to christine. >> christine, the former agent ses wife has met with iranian officials, traveled there and chased down every clue that has come into the family's website, help bob levinson.com. >> there are no words to
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describe the nightmare my family and i have been living every day. i never imagined that we would still be waiting for bob to come home five years later. >> in several interviews iranian president p mahmoud ahmadinejad has said that iran has no information on levinson. >> but you have no idea where he is? >> -- do you have any information? >> to date, the most encouraging, yet frustrating clue has been this video sent to the family's website in 2010. it shows a gaunt and disheveled levinson asking for help. >> i am running very quickly out of diabetes medicine. i have been treated well. i need the help of the united states government. >> but there were references in this video to being held by a group and suggestions that he could be in the hands of people in pakistan or afghanistan.
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have those clues taken the case in a new direction or was levinson forced to follow a script to mislead investigators? the tape has given the family and investigators clear hope but not direction. >> we really don't know it i point who has him or where he is physically located. there have been no demands made. the family issued the video and we hope through that that we would be called or call the family and make demands. we haven't heard anything since. >> john miller is with us now. the military, cia, fbi all care about their own. but this seems different. why is he so different and so important? what is it about this case? >> nothing is right about this case. if you're iran and you have a former fbi agent in your territory, you could hold him up as a spy, parade him on video, have video confessions, make all kind much demands. but they've never done that.
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they just say we don't know what happened to him. if you're a group in afghanistan or pakistan, you demand ransom, trade him for a prisoner, do something for propaganda, but there's been none of that. what has struck them is the deafening silence and then this strange videotape. >> what do you suspect is the reason behind the deafening silence? >> it is hard to say, charlie. but somewhere the answer lies within a miss industry man named david bellfield. that is who he went to meet. we don't know what they discussed. but we know after that meeting, he vanished and others didn't. sigh yud inis wanted here in the united states for the murder of a former iranian diplomat. in 1980 he fled to iran, had been the security guard at their washington 'em bass a and he's been hiding there ever since kind of in plain sight. and it appears that either the meeting caused somebody to know levinson was there and take him
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or that he set him up. >> how common is it, john, that fbi agents disappear? >> it just doesn't happen. does not happen. >> why are we so convinced that he's alive? >> because of the videotape. there were a lot of people -- >> i saw the videotape. we're convinced that he's alive because of the videotape? why don't we know that the tape could have been doctored or it's a false videotape. do you know what i mean. could it have been shot before? >> good question. it's been examined by the best expert in the field and analyzed for a great deal of time. their conclusion is it's him and it's legitimate. >> for yes or no, do you think that the money will make a difference in terms of learning anything? >> i think if he's not being held by the iranian government, they will. >> what if the president call up sends a message through emissaries and says we want levinson back, give him to us? >> to iran? >> it's a tough season for that. >> there are a few other things on the table ther
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prince harry is having a royal good time in the caribbean. we'll get the story from jamaica where harry had his running shoes on, his dancing shoes too. let me tell you, prince harry got some moves. we'll show you what team tebow will not be doing on tv. glad about that. it's a long story short. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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700 americans were born about 100 years ago, they say the most a bishs people were less happy when alive. for the erica, university of maryland. very happy. >> you are? >> boston university. yale rejected me. >> very happy. the three surviving members of the monkees do not floon attend his funeral. mickey dolenz and peter tork and michael nesmith are deciding how to hon who his death. a lesson to dangerous drivers. a judge in rhode island ordered that a 17-year-old can never ever have a drivers license again after he injured himself and three other teens in an accident. he was driving recklessly with a suspended license. >> i may hold on to that and make my kids read it. >> e! online has this. spring into action at a hotel.
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they thought they saw lindsay lohan coming out. it was debra harry. who is 40 years older than lindsay but looks really good. good for you, debbie. >> ouch for you, lindsay. according to britain's daily mail, the new miss seattle is apologizing for a tweet sent out last december. keep in mind she's miss seattle. can't stand the cold rainy seattle and the annoying people. she said she was having a bad day. if you were hoping to see tim tebow on the bachelor, forget about it. the l.a. times says it was a rumor that was an inside choke by chris harrison. it turns out the broncos quarterback has not been asked to be the next bachelor and that's the long story short. i'm so glad that wasn't true. i thought -- i couldn't imagine that he would do that. >> i couldn't either. i was going to say, i would be surprised if he said yes to that. it doesn't seem like the kind of thing he'd do. >> miss seattle is having a what i was trying to say was.
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>> that's a tough one to come back from and you're miss seattle. >> and the annoying people. >> for the record, gayle and i love seattle. prince harry is on official business. it looks like fun. he's going on a tour of the caribbean. we'll check on the latest exploits. also with rough duty in jamaica. we have american royalty from the world of politics and fashion. lauren bush lauren is here in studio 57. >> but first, it is time for this morning's "healthwatch." here's dr. holly phillips. >> good morning. today in "healthwatch," active individual crow games and fitness. many parents are picking active games to help their kids get fit. turns out, it may not be effective. kids given active video games were not more active than given traditional games sitting on the
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couch. 78 children, age 9-12 into two groups and gave them a video game system and active or inactive games. the children kept logs of their play time and wore devices to measure physical activity over a 12-week period. even though they liked the games x, dancing or boxing, the results showed they were not more physically active over the couch potato. the kids weren't as active while playing the game or they may have compensated by being less active at other times of the day. researchers still believe that under the right conditions, the games could provide some benefit, but getting up, going outside and playing with other kids beats video games all the time. i am dr. holly phillips. cbs "healthwatch" sponsored by alka seltzer plus. available in a liquid gel. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels
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don't worry. be happy man. we've been reporting all week on prince harry's tour of the caribbean celebrating the queen's diamond jubilee. he's in jamaica where he's mixing the serious and the silly. seth doane is in jamaica. >> good morning. each of the prince's stops have been in commonwealth countries. former british colonies that share a continued allegiance to the crown. here in jamaica, where the queen is head of state, some have questioned whether they need great britain at all. at least this week, that's turned a prince into chief diplomat. >> this dressed-down 27-year-old sports fan and yes, prince, appeared completely comfortable at this kingston athletic track. he joked with three-time olympic gold medalist usain bolt and
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mimicked his signature lightning bolt pose. in their race, it was the world's fastest man who proved to be the prince. letting harry win. >> how was it running with the prince? >> he cheated. >> he told me that friend was saying something. it was fun. i really enjoyed it. it was good. >> there have been a lot of questions here. the role of the monarchy. how important is this visit? >> i don't follow it that much. that's why we have the government for to do that. >> just two months before the prince's visit, the prime minister here commented that on this 50th anniversary of its independence, jamaica should break from britain. >> we will, therefore, share the process of our detachment from the monarchy. >> so as the grandson of their current head of state met the jamaican prime minister for a private lunch tuesday, their
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embrace was quite public. >> what role does the monarchy play in your life? >> at coronation market, far from any choreographed event, he told us he was more concerned about selling his jerk chicken than thinking about visiting dignitaries. for how foreign the world seems from this marketplace, stacy wright, like many here, were surprisingly supportive. >> the prime minister says that jamaica should cut its ties with the united kingdom and be independent. >> i don't know if i should say that. but i think jamaica needs help. >> on tuesday, the prince highlighted the work of jamaicans helping themselves at a local hospital. shifting from hospital to state dinner, the prince seemed confident in his role as royal charmer. >> her majesty asked me to ebbs tend her wishes and is sorry she
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can't be here so you're stuck with me. don't worry, because every little thing is going to be all right. >> it wasn't the first time music of bob marley struck him. at a charity designed to support inner city youth, his bright blue and quite possibly suede shoes lived up to their reputation. ♪ >> for a country threatening to cut its size, it hosted two days of photo ops where it tightened. >> i see really laid back and -- ♪ ♪ >> there's a reason they call those a photo opportunity. pretty difficult to resist for those of us in the press. harry has another busy day today. he'll be starting off with the jamaican defense forces and then going to the historic city in the north and out to the tourist haven of montego bay.
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all before departing to brazil, where we'll join him and you later in the week. >> that's good. seth was going to join us. but he's taking dance lessons from prince harry. really, harry got some moves. >> he does. especially there at the end. >> little pelvic action always good on the dance floor. here you have the fastest runner and he lets the prince win. if you were in a race with the prince and you knew you could beat him, would you beat him or would you let him win? >> oh, gosh, that's a good question. you know, part of me would want to prove that i could win. i know in real life i could probably never be that fast. >> you would let him win? >> no, i don't know if i would. >> oh, my gosh. >> i would try to beat him. >> hundreds of dui convictions could be thrown out in san francisco. we'll show you why every breathalyzer now needs to be checked on "cbs this morning."
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i just really like cookies. they're hard to resist, especially the girl scout cookies. they bring them right to your house. to your home! children, play with your toys. your home. even the drug dealer doesn't bring it to your house. [ laughter ] when i was on drugs, you have to go to some apartment, pretend to enjoy his band's demo tapes and a tarantula. these just turn up at your house! with thin mints. >> and where are the race san et cetera. he have never had a drug dealer turn up at the house.
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>> no. >> me neither, charlie. just checking. you never know what you learn on "cbs this morning." welcome back. charlie is clean. when police use a breathalyzer to check for dui, it's supposed to give you the right answer. if you don't kroo it correctly, it does not. >> as a result, hundreds of drunk driving convictions in san francisco could be tossed out. national correspondent ben tracy says the problem has been going on for years. >> all the way in the front. >> at roadside checkpoints like this one, police are looking for drunk drivers. >> can you follow that with your eyes only. >> if someone appears to be driving under the influence, out comes this device. >> blow on this. >> commonly known as a breathalyzer. >> what we learned is that the police department was not testing these devices for accuracy. >> police in san francisco are being accused of gathering as many as 1,000 potentially faulty blood alcohol readings over the span of ten years because they did not properly maintain and
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calibrate their 20 breath analyzer machines. >> they're supposed to test these devices every ten days. that wasn't happening. >> attorney peter fitzpatrick discovered the problem when his client took two breath tests an hour apart with very different results. >> she's five points off between their machines, which is a huge discrepancy. it should never be, no criminalist will say that's reasonable. >> when we drink, alcohol is absorbed in the blood and carried to the brain through the liver and heart. before diffusing in the lungs. there it's ex hailed and detected by the breathalyzer machine. the results are only as accurate as the technology. >> when the equipment fails, when the computer generator technology simply isn't maintained properly, suddenly the whole system is thrown into chaos and we can't rely on anything in terms of the results. >> drunk driving convictions are serious. you can lose your license, your job and spend time in jail. now hundreds of people may get a dui do-over.
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>> while the police department conducts it own investigation, the san francisco public defender's office and district attorney are reviewing cases to determine if any drivers were wrongfully convicted by the faulty data. >> the information we have at this point seems to point to negligence as opposed to intentional criminal conduct by anyone in the police department. >> all 20 of the breath test machines have been pulled off the streets. for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. legal analyst jack ford is here to bring us up to date. if you were in san francisco when stopped by the san francisco cops, dui do over, does that mean everybody is off the hook? >> doesn't mean everybody. pre screening they call them the ones used out on the street. so it's part of the first look at whether or not you should be held responsible, most of the cases, the dui cases out there, they go back to headquarters and
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there's another test, either the traditional breathalyzer or even a blood test. anybody found being over the limit based upon those two, you know, they won't get away with it. it's cases where it was based solely on this early test out on the street that we're going to see as we heard just a few moments ago, hundreds of these cases apparently are going away. >> smart attorney to even challenge it. i would think most people think that's what the numbers show. >> the only way to challenge these machines now, because they've been in play for a long time and the courts have looked at them every which way is to challenge the technology, not the hardcore basic technology, do they work, but the detail technology, which is have they been continually tested here so we know they're reliable. here they've said they didn't do the testing they were supposed to. >> do you think cities across the country will be looking at their machines. >> i think every police department is going to say what's in our system to make sure this testing is being done. the problem they might have is somebody was checking the lot
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saying we tested, it was fine, we tested, it was fine and apparently nobody was doing that. if it was negligence and everybody thought somebody else was doing testing and they were relying on it, that's one thing. but if people in the department knew the testing wasn't being done and they were still convicting people based upon that, you could have a lot more to the story. you could have a criminal investigation, official misconduct or on the federal level, you might have civil rights violations. there could be a lot more to this. >> it goes beyond. >> it may well. who is going to say yes, we knew they weren't and let it go. how could they ever prove that? >> i think what they would have to go. i would go back to my prosecutor days. i would say whose job is it, who is supposed to be checking it. put them under oath saying were you doing it, if you weren't, why not, it may well be a circumstantial situation. i don't know that it's going to happen. i'm just saying i wouldn't be surprised if somebody is going to take a hard look at it, is
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there some criminal responsibility here. >> there's also this interesting question. what about all kinds of machines that are used to test everything, including speeding. >> there has been literally decades worth of litigation about these breathalyzer machines. when the first time they came out, everybody was saying the case is over with. if you fail one of these, we don't have to put any more testimony on. there was something that bothered people about the notion of justice by machine. so there were as i said, cases after case after case of decades testing these. finally it came down to we're going to accept them as part of a case against you as long as you followed the rules. there's always reluctance on the justice system to say we're going to find somebody guilty based on big brother and machine. >> what about people who refused the breathalyzer test. >> that's still a problem. just about aulg jurisdictions, the penalties are the same if not greater for refusing to take a test. and you could still be found guilty of drunk driving even if
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you didn't take the test based upon observations by police officers. that is never the way out for these types of cases. >> good to see you. mitt romney wants to be america's ceo in chief. is that what america needs? we'll have author david
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who rules the world? it used to be kings but a new book argues that global corporations are now in charge. >> the book is power inc. the epic rivalry between big business and government and the reckoning that lies ahead written by dave roth revolve. editor at large of foreign policy mag sfleen. welcome. >> pleasure to be here. >> what are you saying about big business. there's no cooperation in big business is so big it makes its own rules? >> i'm saying that not only is
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it so big that it makes its own rules but this process of it getting big and sort of paering back government owe a lot of the stuff in the political arena is old and is hard to reverse. >> take dodd/frank as an example. what are the implications which was passed after the financial collapse? >> i think the financial collapse shows the nature of the power of these companies. first, they said get out of our hair. let us do what we want on wall street. they got it. when they got in trouble, they said bail us out. they got it. had they got bailed out, they said get out of our hair again and they got it. dodd/frank was a very thin rule of reform. it did a few things. but they're there are more too big to fail banks than before the crisis. >> because of mergers? >> because of mergers and that process wasn't reversed.
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there are more derivative risks now than before the crisis. there was a sort of an appearance of reform. but because the banks have the ability to buy political influence, they were able to contain it. thus keep the elbow room they needed. >> you give many examples in the book. but i was fascinated about walmart. we've all been to walmart. hello, my name is, what are you looking for. when you talk about how big walmart it in terms of the employees and how much money it makes compared to countries. the numbers are amaze. >> walmart is one of the biggest companies in the world. and it's probably bigger than 150 countries. but if you took the 2,000th biggest company in the world, it's still bigger than 80 countries. there are 2,000 companies out there that have more global reach, more financial resources, control more land. sometimes control military forces or political influence that's far greater than any country out there. >> what is the point you're
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making with that? >> well, first of all, it has an impact on the outcome of things. who do you think had more impact on the global climate talks, sweden or exxon? exxon had more political power. if it has more influence, they're going to sort of pursue things in a direction that serves their bottom line. that's what they're legally supposed to be doing. what we need is a balance. particularly on the global stage we need a balance. we don't have international institutions that can balance it. the government's power is shrinking more and more every day. >> answer your own question. what could create the balance? >> first of all, you need to create international institutions with teeth. all the international institutions we got were created at the end of the second world war to be weak institutions. >> institutions like the world trade organization or -- >> united nations or the world bank or the imf. when it comes to some things, like say derivative market, we
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don't have global regulatory mechanisms. >> not there to regulate corporations. it's there to help countries in trouble. >> that's true. i'm saying, among the international organizations that exist, they were created to sort of create the appearance of global governance where there isn't. people don't have the ability to control what's going on out in the international space. much like at the end of the 19th century, you had big companies like standard oil taking advantage of the space. >> as soon as you say that, you have a lot of companies that have had trouble, microsoft had problems getting into the ec, the european community. there was an international organization that prevented them because they had real questions about some issues, number of american companies in the technology field have had those issues raised against them. that's an international organization. >> look, this is a power struggle. it's not a route. what both sides are sort of in a
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tug of war with each other. we have to remember that national power stops at borders. global organizations are designed to operate and they have the ability to actually shop venues. and when somebody pushes back on microsoft, but microsoft can say i'm going to locate the factory someplace else. i'm going to sell in a different way. they have tools at their disposal which gives them an advantage and in the long run over the course of a couple of hundred years, decade after decade after decade, they've been gaining in terms of relative -- >> it all started in a book with a goat with red horns. that's a big tease for the book. you have to find out what that means. it has a meaning. >> it does. it's the beginning of the oldest corporation of the world. >> that was a tease for your book. >> thank you. lauren bush lauren is not just a pretty face with famous relatives. we'll talk to her when we come back. you're watching "cbs this morning." this one'lawnsmiths.s
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lauren bush was born into a political dine dynasty. she's part of a leading family of fashion. her most important role is fighting world hunger through her company called -- >> she's about to coe host a women in the world summit here in new york. lauren bush lauren joins us this morning. nice to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> congratulations, you're a newlywed. exciting. >> let's talk about that for just a second. i love what -- >> you have note on this? >> yes, i do. i do. because i love -- >> while you look for your note, one quick question. tell us about tina brown's world summit take place here. it does have a noble mission. >> it's actually women's day tomorrow. international women's day.
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it's obviously timed around that. it's going to be an amazing gathering of really inspiring women. i'm so proud to be a part of it. i'm looking forward to being inspired i know you're partaking tomorrow as well. >> i think it's one of the greatish ufs the 21st septemberry. >> it is. i think it's great that you're there. when you look at the numbers that has been done can i brag about you. three-person company sold more than -- providing 58 million meals for underprivileged kids. you became inspired after you went to guatemala. you come back to princeton and what were you thinking? >> you know, it's just mind-boggling. after going and seeing and visiting with children because of where they're born are born in dealing with hunger, poverty. you can't help but want to do something. i went on several trips to the u.n. food program and would always rack my brain about how to a, do something myself and engage other people, especially young people in the fight
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against world hunger, because world hunger is a sort of overwhelming seemingly far away world issue. yet, there are tangible solutions. i thought of the idea for the original feedback while i was still in college. the idea is extremely simple to build in a donation, the cost to feed a child for a year into a product, a bag. >> lauren, it is working. i found my note, charlie. your husband said and i love this. i love this. >> notes are important. >> notes are very important. i need to be better organized. your husband said she's a passionate soul with a truly compassionate heart and everyone who meets her is moved by her goodness. i love that he say that. we're bragging about david lauren. you were married into the lauren family. when he proposed. did you say let's get vera wang on the line to design a dress? >> no. >> of course, ralph lauren did your dress for you. >> it was magical. as you see, i married the right guy. >> you really did.
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>> i feel blessed all around. the wedding was beautiful. >> where was this? >> in colorado their family ranch. he was born in colorado, actually. raised in texas. through a place we share. >> he said something lovely about you, lauren. you're newlyweds. it's been september. marriage going well? >> extremely well. >> you're happy? >> what would she say if it wasn't. >> she wouldn't tell us here at the table. but i know that it's going well. >> no. he's a wonderful, extremely compassion the and creative human being. >> charlie, imagine when they were getting married, guys. your name would be lauren lauren. did you give any thought to that whatsoever? >> i'm lauren bush lauren. i'm keeping the bush for symmetry. that was one of the running jokes as we started dating about eight years ago. and voila, it happened. >> you mentioned that you were raised in texas. also born into a political dynasty.
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political royalty here in this country. there's a lot going on, obviously, with politics right now. how much do you follow it? how involved are you? your grandmother has been talking about it lately. >> i saw that. >> what did you think lauren, when you saw it? >> she's so wonderful and has her opinions and really just has her values and stays true to them. >> no one is surprised when barbara bush expresses her opinions. >> exactly. for me, i watch it a bit. i'm not really political. i'm much more focused on the humanitarian side of what i'm doing. >> when you decide to go for thanksgiving dinner, do you go to the bushes or the laurens? >> a bit of both. >> i also was reading, you got your fashion sense from barbara bush, true? >> i can tell this is ralph lauren today. i recognize the jacket. >> i'm wearing ralph lauren too. did you get your fashion sense -- >> because she was going to be here? >> yes, because i knew lauren
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bush lauren would be here. >> thank you. i know, right. >> mixed it up. have you got your fashion sense from your grandmother. >> ganny. and gampy is my grandfather. i think she always had a distinctive fashion sense. >> president bush is gampy? >> yes. >> there clearly was a dynasty. president bush, there was jeb bush. is there a new generation of bushes getting into politics? >> that you can answer in less than ten seconds. >> we'll see. i know, my cousin george is politically minded. we'll see. there's a lot of that. >> jeb's son. >> eldest son. >> great to have you here. >> good job. it's a simple bag but it's very chic and it does a lot, a lot of good. >> thank you. >> i have one. thanks. >> thank you. >> have you ever been skydiving
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with gampy? >> i have been. >> we'll have to talk about that more. up next, local news. we'll see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning." we'll see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning." see you then. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪
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